We currently do this for a local PD. They have 13 of those ruggedized Dell laptops, mounted in all the cars. We looked at 2.4GHz and 900MHz. Even though the town is only 5sqmi, we decided to go with Verizon Aircards.
Worked out well, because the laptops are tied directly into their CAD system, which is tied into the whole state. So now they could, theoretically, go anywhere in the state and be dispatched on a call, run plates/people through NCIC, etc. I believe that because of that, they actually got the state to pay for a lot of it. Sure, we don't make anything on the Verizon service, but we do on the backend by tying their CAD into the Internet. Just something to keep in mind, if you have any sort of 3G service in that area. Jayson On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > I got a call Friday afternoon from the police chief of a small little spot > in the road asking about the possibility of connecting his cruisers to the > station network via a wireless link. (He is the "Police Chief" but I > suspect he is also the entire police force) He said that the local > Wal-Mart > has agreed to donate to him a few of those little Acer 7" screen laptops, > which are a big piece of crap from the number of repairs we've had to do on > them... Anyhow, he wants to be able to be in the cruiser and connect to > the > network back at the station and use the websites from the Attorney > General's > office where he can run plates, drivers license info and also fill out his > reports. > > > > Here's the setup.. > > > > This Burg is a bit less than 2 miles long and about one and a half miles > wide. The town hall is equivalent to a 4 story building and they also have > a water tower that looks to be 100 foot tall. The terrain is flat as can > be > and they have the normal scattering of trees. The Town Hall and water > tower > are the tallest structures by far aside from a large grain elevator right > outside of town. Boy wants to connect to his network anywhere in town from > his cop-mobile as well as when he is at home, also within the town. > > > > We've done plenty of private networks but it's all been in the 2.4 and 5ghz > band. He was thinking he could just throw up a 2.4ghz link and be good but > I told him to hold on, I didn't think he could broadcast the Attorney > Generals network to every antenna in town, I had to do some research. So > this, because of my utterly blatant laziness, is my research. J > > > > Has anyone been down this path? What can we do and not do? > > > > I have a meeting with the guy next Wednesday and want to have some idea of > what we're up against on this one. (Hopefully he doesn't recognize me as > the guy who took him to court over a ticket he wrote for a crooked license > plate... I won that one by the way) > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > Robert West > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > 740-335-7020 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
